Congrats on those Natrix, Shannon! It's rare to find ANY European snakes for sale here in the US, actually, as I've wanted to get my hands on a pair of Vipera berus for years. It will be interesting to compare these to our NA Natricine snakes, in terms of behavior.

As for me, I can't quite force myself to give up my non-Natricine snakes, yet, especially my Boas, but my rodent allergies might force me to do just that eventually. It's so much easier to care for the Water Snakes and my little "crack-baby" Eastern checkered and my blue-striped Ribbon, since I can shop for their food at the same time I shop for mine, without a nearly two-hour trip(one way)to the rodent breeder's.